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Cichlidae
Ornate Cichlid
Mesoheros ornatus
Twenty Six Centimeters Cichlid of the Pacific Ocean
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Pacific Ocean
- South America
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
MediumOrnate Cichlid is known around South America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 26 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cichlids and Allies
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Mesoheros
- Maximum length
- 26 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- South America: Patia River basin in Colombia, Durango and St. Javier rivers in Ecuador, all draining to the Pacific Ocean.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Order
Family
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